A careers trip to the college was arranged and pupils from all years at St Aidan’s high school took part. This was a fantastic opportunity for the pupils of St Aidan’s and allowed them to explore the college and see the different areas. This gave the pupils an insight into career paths and options the college had to offer. The pupils received a talk about the college and a tour shortly after they visited the hospitality department/ the chef station, travel and tourism and graphic manufacturing design. All the pupils entered the college with a thought of what career path they were wanting to take or if not they got an idea of a career path they would like to go down. A 3rd year student Rachel Kyle was one of the pupils who ventured out she said “I thought it wasn’t going to be interesting but I was surprised with how much was to offer and it really made me think of what I wanted to do when I left school. The pupil then proceeded to talk about how she wanted to go into cabin crew and that college where offering the course she really wanted, and after visiting the college and seeing the facilities she was more than certain about going to the college for that specific course. This event was excellent as it opened the eyes of the pupils and gave them a flavour at what the college had to offer.
